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Neighborhood · Los Angeles, CA

Boyle Heights Eviction Risk: High

8 census tracts · pop 29,797 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.8/10 · range 9.3–9.9

Boyle Heights takes in 8 census tracts of Los Angeles, CA and houses 29,797 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 9.8/10, in the High tier. 56% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Los Angeles rate of 35.0%.

What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 9.5/10.

Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 27%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. This is a renter market: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Food insecurity affects 37.3% of adults, 19.5 points above the national rate. SNAP participation is 32.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

At $1,472 a month, rents sit 24% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. That places it #42 of 161 neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

Social vulnerability runs high at 9.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 8 tracts score within 0.6 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $60,937.

With little internal variation, 9.8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
9.8
High
8 tracts · population-weighted
Boyle Heights vs Los Angeles How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
55.7% +59%
Los Angeles: 35.0%
Average gross rent
$1,472 -24%
Los Angeles: $1,933
Average HH income
$60,937 -24%
Los Angeles: $80,366
Poverty rate
19.4% +17%
Los Angeles: 16.6%
Renter share
72.7% +14%
Los Angeles: 64.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Boyle Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 8 tracts span score 9.3–9.9

Why Boyle Heights scores 9.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.2–7.2 across tracts
7.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Rent control risk
56% of income on rent · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Tenant organizing strength
73% renter households · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Economic stress
19.4% below poverty line · Range 1.8–6.1 across tracts
4.9
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.6 across tracts
1.2
Risk score comparison

Boyle Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Boyle Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Boyle Heights: 9.89.8Boyle HeightsNeighborhoodParent city: 9.89.8Parent cityhost cityState: 7.67.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Boyle Heights?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0.6 points from 9.3 to 9.9. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

8 tracts in Boyle Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06037204300 9.9 5,294 50% $1,316
06037204810 9.9 4,929 62% $1,478
06037204700 9.9 4,847 52% $1,289
06037204600 9.9 4,135 63% $1,653
06037205110 9.9 3,447 61% $1,625
06037206050 9.9 2,317 43% $1,099
06037204820 9.9 2,222 69% $1,737
06037204120 9.3 2,606 45% $1,733
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 95

Pop-weighted across 8 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 93%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 87%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 83%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Boyle Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Boyle Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Boyle Heights?

Boyle Heights scores 9.8/10 (High tier) across 8 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Boyle Heights compare to Los Angeles overall?

Boyle Heights scores 0.0 points higher than Los Angeles overall (9.8/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,472 vs $1,933.
Q3

What is the average rent in Boyle Heights?

Average gross rent in Boyle Heights is $1,472/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Boyle Heights residents are renters?

73% of Boyle Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Los Angeles). The neighborhood has 29,797 residents.
Q5

Is Boyle Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Boyle Heights sits in the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Boyle Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Boyle Heights is census tract 06037204300 (score 9.9/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.3 to 9.9, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7

How safe is Boyle Heights for landlords?

Boyle Heights carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.8/10). Pop-weighted across 8 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Los Angeles as a whole (9.8/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Boyle Heights?

Boyle Heights has 28,809 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (94.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (2.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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